ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has directed to take effective steps to enhance the production of wheat and other crops.
Chairing a meeting regarding the Ministry of National Food Security and Research and Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Services Corporation (PASSCO) in Islamabad on Friday, the prime minister directed to prepare the federal government’s alternative strategy regarding the purchase of wheat after consultations with provinces, Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), and other relevant institutions.
Islamabad: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif chairs a meeting on restructuring of Wheat Board and matters related to PASSCO. pic.twitter.com/UyyQfca0wk
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The meeting approved the restructuring of the Wheat Board.
The prime minister said that farmers’ representatives as well as those of Land Information and Management System and SUPARCO should be included in the wheat board.
Shahbaz Sharif also directed to prepare an action plan regarding the privatization of PASSCO.
